ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] Sports Saddle Advice

[endurance] Sports Saddle Advice

Laura K Szeremi (szerelk@mail.auburn.edu)
Sat, 27 Apr 1996 16:19:42 -0500 (CDT)

Everyone who has experience with Sports Saddles I need some advice. I got
mine yesterday and rode in it today. I don't know how anyone can ride in
these saddles with the stirrups where they put them.

I spent the entire 15 minutes (that was all I could stand) trying to pull
my leg back/and bring my hips forward, so my leg was underneath me. It
was like sitting in a chair. Several people said to have the stirrups
moved back an inch, but looking at where the stirrups hang, I don't see
how an inch is enough....

Also, I rode once for 15 minutes and the hole in the latigo I had the
girth on ripped about an inch. Cheap...very cheap...

It seems pretty cheap, and the seam down the middle right in your crotch
is not particularly comfortable.

Also, the little flap that covers the top of the stirrups kept jabbing my
right below my knee above my calf. Is this something that just needs to
be softened up by use, or am I going to have to use half chaps. I have
some pictures of people in Sports Saddles and they are all wearing half
chaps.

I'm afraid if I send it back and have the stirrups moved, I still won't
like it and I can't return it then.

Any advice/comments would be appreciated. TIA!!

Laura Szeremi
VET2B
Auburn,Alabama
szerelk@mail.auburn.edu